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The story of one man's odyssey of watching every movie ever contained in the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" series
LATEST ARTICLES ( 2829 )
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Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1937
The Contenders: The Awful Truth Captains Courageous The Life of Emile Zola (winner) Stage Door... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Svengali
Film: The Seventh Veil Format: Internet video on laptop. Sometimes I play coy in my first paragraph or two when it comes to the film I’m reviewing. Read more
Posted on 22 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Sinister Birth
Film: Blossoms in the Dust Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I suppose I must be a Greer Garson fan. Garson was nominated for seven Best... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Emotional Rescue
Film: The Prince of Tides Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I wasn’t 20 minutes in with The Prince of Tides when I realized it was going to be one of “those”... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Nick's Picks: Chef
Film: Chef Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. This is the first in a series of twelve movies selected by Nick Jobe. One has to be careful when... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Descent into Hell
Film: A Simple Plan Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. Recently, a few people around the country won a share of the massive Powerball jackpot... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1967
The Contenders: Faye Dunaway: Bonnie and Clyde Anne Bancroft: The Graduate Katharine Hepburn: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (winner) Audrey Hepburn: Wait Until... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Skin Trade
Film: Mrs. Henderson Presents Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. My local library is closed, which means that I’m forced one town over. Read more
Posted on 15 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Screwball
Film: Designing Woman Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. The heyday of the screwball comedy was the 1930s and the early 1940s. Read more
Posted on 14 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Who Would You Vote For?
Film: Bulworth Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. It’s 2016, which means that we’ve got a presidential election coming up this year. That being... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Picks from Chip: The One I Love
Film: The One I Love Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. This is the first in a series of twelve movies selected by Chip Lary at Tips from Chip. Read more
Posted on 12 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Off Script: Signs
Film: Signs Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. As hard as it may be to believe, there was a time when people believed in the variou... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Basic Training
Film: Private Benjamin Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Despite an earlier Oscar nomination and a win, it wasn’t really until Private Benjamin that Goldie... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1994
The Contenders: Tom Hanks: Forrest Gump (winner) Nigel Hawthorne: The Madness of King George Paul Newman: Nobody’s Fool John Travolta: Pulp Fiction Morgan... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Obligatory U2 Reference
Film: Sunday Bloody Sunday Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I’ve liked a good amount of John Schlesinger’s work in the past, so I went into... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Unitarian YHWH
Film: Oh, God! Format: HBO Go on rockin’ flatscreen. When you are making a movie that has God as a character, it’s an important casting decision, and an easy on... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Every Breath You Take
Film: Julie Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. You know that scene in a cheesy thriller where our heroes are in an airplane and the pilot has... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Girl Can't Help It
Film: Rambling Rose Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Movies can show us things both terrible and beautiful. When we’re given something awful to see, at... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Editing 101
Film: 21 Grams Format: Streaming video from Hoopla Digital on The Nook. The movie 21 Grams gets its name from the apocryphal story that the human body loses 21... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Gender Blender
Film: Victor/Victoria Format: DVD from Manhattan Elwood Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. Before I get into discussing Victor Victoria, I... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES